Martin Dam

Martin Dam is a concrete arch gravity dam on the in in the , about 10 miles southwest of . Impounding the 40,000-acre Lake Martin, the dam was built in the 1920s to provide flood control, hydroelectric power generation and water supply.
Wikipedia
  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 459 feet (140 metres)
  • Description: dam in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States of America

Martin Dam

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Latitude
32.68026° or 32° 40′ 49″ north
Longitude
-85.9108° or 85° 54′ 39″ west
Open location code
864PM3JQ+4M
Geo­Names ID
4074783
Wiki­data ID
Q6775250

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Martin Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Martin Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد مارتن”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مارتن دام”
  • Italian: “diga di Martin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Martin-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Martin-demningen”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Мартін”

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